Rolvsøy is a village, an island, and a former municipality in
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county,
Norway
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![Rolvsøy kyrkje02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Rolvs%C3%B8y_kirke.JPG)
It was created by a split from
Tune on 1 January 1911. At that time Rolvsøy had a population of 2,381. On 1 January 1994 Rolvsøy was incorporated into the municipality of
Fredrikstad
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The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...
, the neighboring municipality to the south. Prior to the merger Rolvsøy had a population of 5,947.
The
Tune ship
The Tune ship (''Tuneskipet'') is a Viking ship exhibited in the Viking Ship Museum (''Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy'') in Bygdøy, Oslo.
The Tune ship is of the karve, a small type of longship with broad hull. It was found at the Haugen far ...
, a
viking ship
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The boat-types were quite varied, depending on what the ship was intended for, but they were generally characterized as bein ...
dating from ca. 900 and now exhibited in the
Viking Ship Museum in
Bygdøy
Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner; historically Bygdøy was part of Aker Municipality and became part of Oslo in 1948.
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,
Oslo
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was found in Rolvsøy in 1867. It was so named because it was found in a boat burial mound on Rolvsøy which was a part of Tune at that time.
The name
The
Norse form of the name was (probably) ''*Rolfsøy''. The first element is then the genitive case of the male name ''
Rolf Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. A ...
r'', the last element is 'øy' meaning 'island'.
Development
Rolvsøy has been and is still under heavy development, especially the street called Dikeveien. Before 1990, the street had little more than a few factories. Today the street is full of life, with over 100 stores. Everything from tiles, groceries and clothing. Dikeveien is located in Fredrikstad, and lies 6 km north of the city centre.
References
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Fredrikstad
Former municipalities of Norway
Populated places established in 1911
Populated places disestablished in 1994
1911 establishments in Norway
Islands of Viken (county)
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